Parents and students show up at BOE meeting pleading for new uniforms for FLHS Band and Color Guard.
The Board of Education met Wednesday to review the preliminary 2013-2014 school budget before the public presentation on March 28. In reviewing the line items, a plea was made by Board President Jimmy Park and members of the Board, as well as the public, to allocate the $22,645 in special state aide towards the purchase of uniforms for the High School's marching band and color guard. Board of Education member Holly Morell said that the FLHS Color Guard has no uniforms at all--parents go to Party City to buy costumes that look like Color Guard uniforms. Also, there are not enough band uniforms to go around, and those uniforms that exist are worn and in poor condition because they are approximately 20 to 30 years old, according to parents …
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Thanks to close cooperation among FLHS cheerleaders, coaches, the marching band, boosters and the “Fort Lee Fanatics,” as well as a tight-knit senior class, school spirit is increasing, insiders agree.
The culture of Fort Lee High School sports is changing, from the way all the sports teams pull for one another, to the way the cheerleaders, the marching band and the football team have come together to bring spirit back to the school. So says Billy Straub, a 1992 graduate of Fort Lee High School and current head football coach, and student athletes and others seem to agree. “This place is changing, and you guys may not realize it, but I think the seniors that are here are the reason it’s changing, and it’s changing for the better,” Straub told a group of senior athletes he gathered in a high school classroom after the FLHS Athletic Booster Club recently hosted a “Senior Appreciation Night” for fall athletes. “Maybe our seasons weren’t as …
carol simon
1:21 pm on Saturday, March 23, 2013
Hey Art, Thanks. I was just doing dishes and asking myself why did I respond to this issue in a negative light. I think firstly I wondered why the situation was urgent and parents are pleading for new uniforms. It made me wonder about the history of requesting and why uniforms have been denied all these years. I've been to many meetings in which parents complain that there is no curriculum, and … more ›